Question 13 • Introduction to Health Science - EL3601 B
A patient who is diagnosed with cancer does not want her employer to know because she is afraid that she will lose her job. When she contacts her employer to say she is sick, she learns that the medical office gave her boss her radiology appointment schedule. Which statement below accurately describes the situation?
Answer
A
The woman should not be worried about the consequences of knowing the information.
B
The medical office should not have given out information about radiology appointments.
C
The woman should not have kept the cancer diagnosis from her employer.
Explanation
Radiology appointment details are private health information, so a medical office should not disclose them to an employer without the patient’s permission or another valid legal basis. The patient’s fear about job consequences does not make the disclosure acceptable, and she is not required to tell her employer about her diagnosis simply because she has cancer.
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